Use of UV powder for surveillance to improve environmental cleaning

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 283-285

  Munoz Price, L Silvia ^a,b   Ariza Heredia, Ella ^a,b   Adams, Stephen ^b   Olivier, Micheline ^b   Francois, Lisa ^b   Socarras, Maria ^b   Coro, Gabriel ^b   Adedokun, Amos ^b   Pappas, Theodora ^b   Tamayo, Madelaine ^b   McDade, Regina ^b   Dezfulian, Cameron ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b JACKSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLEANING; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DISINFECTION; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; UV POWDER;

CROSS INFECTION; FLUORESCENT DYES; HOUSEKEEPING, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 79952390594     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/658666     Document Type: Article

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